Every time he opens his mouth, he immediately regrets what he said. He is always putting his foot in his mouth.

I’m not going to go ice skating! I’d only fall over and __________ a fool of myself.

She's a down-to-earth woman with no pretensions.

The government is going to _____ the old building and build a new one.

Having said he would mend the clock he discovered that he had not brought the right ______ for the job.

It never..........his mind that his badly behaved manner would be discovered.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

The project has been put on ice until our boss decides what to do next.

She used to be very thin but she has __________ a bit now.

Whenever anything ______ happens, a crowd of people is certain to gather.

When someone …………… a poem or other piece of writing, they say it aloud after they have learn it.

Despite our careful planning, the whole surprise party was a ______ of accidents.

There has been a widespread _______ about whether North Korea has successfully miniaturized a nuclear weapon and whether it has a working H-bomb.

The road was so icy, the drivers had trouble stopping their cars from ______.

Don’t worry! Our new product will keep you bathroom clean and _______.

He began to take politics _____ only when he left school.

I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my ________ of its exact meaning.

I_______ George on my way home.

The bank ______ planned to escape in a stolen car.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.

My parents always disapproved of my smoking. They even told me once it would stop me growing taller.

Many illnesses in refugee camps are the result of inadequate sanitation.

A trust worker was discovered to have..........confidential information to a rival corporation.